Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
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The Ukrainian Language
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The Ukrainian Language

While influenced by Russian, Ukrainian has a character all its own.
John McWhorter
Mar 15, 2022
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As John likes to say, Proto-Indo-European — the original ancestor of many European and Asian languages — began on the steppes of Ukraine. This is his linguistic love letter to a region and a people under siege.

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Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
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